Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

I echo Ms Nugent's heartfelt sympathy regarding what happened. This should not have happened in CHI. We are on record as saying that. We fully accept the HIQA report which identified that there were weaknesses in the management. I welcome the changes that have been brought in.

On the surgeon, the Deputy will appreciate that there is a process there. The individual went on voluntary leave, which is a separate process to suspension. That is to be clear for the record. We went through that process and other HR processes.